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Assembly Bill 481: 2024 Annual Report
Military Equipment Funding, Acquisition &
Use
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City Council Meeting
2024 Annual Report
1.Annual Review of Military Equipment
2.New Equipment Request
3.Community Feedback
4.Safeguards & Policy
5.Fiscal Impact
6.Staff Recommendation
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AB 481: Background
•Assembly Bill 481 was authored by Assembly
Member David Chiu (D-San Francisco) to
address the funding, acquisition, and use of
military equipment.
•Increase transparency and accountability for the
use of military equipment
•On May 2nd, 2022, the San Rafael City Council
approved the Military Equipment Policy (706) and
Municipal Code (SRMC 2.52).
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AB 481 Requires Initial Approval and
Annual Reporting:
•Assembly Bill 481 requires an annual report
presented to the governing body to include:
✓A summary of how the equipment was used.
✓A summary of any complaints.
✓The results of any internal audits, violations of
the military equipment and any actions taken
in response.
✓Costs associated for each type of military
equipment.
✓The quantity of each type of military
equipment.
✓Any military equipment the law enforcement
agency intends to acquire in the next year.
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Annual Report
Equipment Usage:
•Most notable deployments include:
o 13 callouts for the County’s Drone
o 2 utlizations of the Armored Rescue Vehicle;
o 3 uses of less-than-lethal impact devices.
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Annual Report:
Inventory and Compliance
•The San Rafael Police Department has
received no complaints regarding military
equipment in 2024.
•An internal review revealed no violations
regarding military equipment in 2024
Year Complaints Violations
2024 0 0
2023 0 0
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Annual Report:
New Equipment
Proposal: Two Drones as First
Responders (DFR)
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Why the Police Department Needs
This Equipment:
1.Improve Response Times
2.Clear Calls for Service
3.Locate Subjects
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Response Time Examples
Alhambra PD
Reduced 84%
Redondo Beach
Reduced 62%
Elk Grove PD
Reduced 72%
Santa Clara Sheriffs
Office reports getting
to 72% of all calls in
under 2 minutes
Chula Vista PD
reports arriving to
calls in 1 minute and
33 seconds. (Avg)
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Enhanced Situation Awareness
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ADS-B (Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast)
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Service Enhancements…
✓Traffic Collisions
✓Major Disasters and Flooding
✓Search and Rescue Operations
✓Missing Persons, Distressed boaters/paddleboarders
✓Civil Unrest
✓Firework Complaints
✓In-Progress Crimes
✓Post Incident Crime Scene Preservation
✓Hazardous Material evaluations
✓Search Warrants and SWAT call outs
✓Explosive Devices
✓Training Aid
✓Mutual Aid
✓Emergency Communications (Built in Speaker)
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UAV Concerns
•Surveillance
•Privacy
•Targeting People
•Data Sharing
•Deployment
•Facial Recognition
•Transparency
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UAV Concerns/Transparency
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UAV Concerns/Flight path
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Video of UAV in San Rafael
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Staff Recommendations
1.Adopt a resolution to renew the ordinance
approving the Military Equipment Use Policy
2.Authorize the City Manager to execute an
agreement with Flock Group, for the lease and
installment of two Unmanned Aerial Systems
or Drones as First Responders (DFR)
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Thank you, and
Questions